San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-03-31
GOES AVVA-Y DIs&5AT1s5F'11IIo
j. s. KILLIAN, The Leading Dry Goods Dealer,
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Card from Mr.. Hardy.
San Marcos. Texas, March 30, 1887

Card from Mr.. Hardy.
San Marcos. Texas, March 80, 1887.
To Mr.. HAMMETT HARDY
The undersigned citizens Of San Marcos,
request that you allow your
name to 90 before the voters OF San Mar
cos as a candidate for the Office of mayor at
the coming election, and hereby pledge you
their earnest support. Very respectfully,
In response to the above petition signed
by many voters, hereby tender my thanks
and consent for my name to 60 before the
voters of San Marcos tor the ONCE OF
Mayor at the ensuing election. Should l
be elected / will endeavor to have all
CITY ordinances strictly enforced, and snail
favor all practical measures for the -oet'er
of our educational inter-
ests and tho general prosperity OF our
beautiful little city. Respectfully.
HAMMETT HARDY.
Who is Rogers?
A gerry dry spell.
County Court is in session.
The eQuinoctlal rams thus 1ar are con-
fessed failure.
bee advertisement of the Winchester Re
peating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn
See card of Thomas Taylor, grocer. He
is liberal and reliable dealer. Give him a
call.
There is no possible hitch in the branch
of the Missouri Pacific via Lockhart to San
Marcos.
The Little Pearl Gatherers" gave an
other pleasant sociable at the residence OF
Mrs. Mann on last Friday night.
And the Rogers Observation-Disclosures
boom is to put an extinguisher on poor
I,ockhart as well as San Marcos. Too bad!
TO bad
The bag-pipe and Highland fling it is
thought may be appropriate accompani-
ments to the Rogers McPherson-McNaugh-
ton railroad boom. ...
We noticed last week while riding some
two miles back in the hills, that the grass
was showing quite green, and still further
back we learn it is yet better.
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Our expose last week of the Illegal action
of the committee on printing. and their al
lowance of more than double price for
work, is unimpeached and unimpeachaole'
Even the Cresset tacitly acknowledges the
corn.
The pale green of the early buds is rapid
ly giving place to the deeper green OF the
expanding leaves,
Thus gusheth the Giddy Gusher, giving
in brief an admirable picture of its editorial
department. Still the Gusher "plant" can
not be said to be out of danger of killing
frost"
ANSWER TO A CORRESPONDENT. -" A. -
Unless as regards matters entirely indiffer-
ent and impersonal in their character, we
follow the usual rule of editors of requiring
real name of contributors for our private
use. and as an assurance of good faith. We
could not promise to insert your article be-
fore reading it.
After all, making every allowance, the fact
that San Marcos is not ahead
financially. that the collection of the re-
mainler of last years taxes (about one half
of which remain due) will not more than
offset her Indebtedness. Hence this is no
lime to disregard the law in the way of ex-
penditures, or to pay double rates for work
not ordered done.
The spring city election will take place
Tuesday April 5th, and will he for Mayor,
to succeed Messrs. Glover, Don
Alison, Hofheinz and Williamson, the other
members holding over another year. Also
three trustees for the public free school to
succeed A. G Mosher, Chas. Hutchlngs and
r. Fromme, terms for trustees to commence
September LIST next. The choice OF good
men for the latter who will work efficiently
aud barmonously is particularly important.
Councilman Byrne has letter in the last
Cresset, ostersihly in reply to our editorial
of last week, but really reaching no point
but denial that he is the chairman of the
printing committee which allowed the Ores
set more than two prices for printing part
of the ordinances. He valves his claiins in
favor of Councilman Green. Well, that Is
immatprial; let the committee divide the
honors ID to suit themselves. We have
proved that IT was an illegal and unwarran-
ted act, whoever may have been RESPONSE
bic.
Apropos Of our article last week on City
Affairs, we received on Saturday friendly
call from Assessor Hopkins. He eTpounded
the nature of his Official lsbors and duties
in such a way as to give US some new ideas
on the subject. He further stated that
while he gets three per cent for assessing
the county assessor gets Eve per cent s.
the Council are, as We row coRclr'
fable in going according TO the d
AnceS in this matter.
Mr.. Hopkins also supplied some omissions
10 Mayor Giesen's late letter 70 the FEEE
PErss. showing that the total tax is s37oo
instead Of s26O0. thus covering the school
bouss debt. He further showed that be bsd
collected al the taxes for 1885 save $40.
and had also collected 800 on the faEss
for Isss. So far hs that Is couceTued 10
b-iv iouhts that Mr.. r. - an eEtrs-oapsble
and esseieut puh5ic servant in giving the
s1l<fnnes Il bis report, IS in tbA; q Maya1
CSisssn sous time ago, our rss6ers sboulo
credit u A. having been the means q CIV
M ten considsrb5le NEEDED iufOrUstion-